Rejected petition Prevent Members of Parliament from receiving secondary income while in office

Rejected on 10 November 2021

The role of MPs has changed significantly in recent decades, demanding a full-time focus of those elected members towards their constituents and other parliamentary obligations.

The topic of "secondary income" muddies the waters as to whether a member is genuinely acting in the best interests of the public.

MP's earn £81,932 before expenses - it is not fair to the public for MPs to be seen to "take advantage" of their public office in order to earn a significantly higher income.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Prevent all Members of Parliament (MPs) from holding a second job: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/581451

Ban MPs from other paid work or holding shares in companies: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600571

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